Local Experts - a Warm Welcome

When your Cruise Passengers arrive at the Port of Dover they can be assured of a very warm welcome - from the porters who carry their luggage when they arrive and disembark to the experienced team who look after theVisit Kent Information Desk situated within the cruise terminal buildings.
For Shore Excursions in Kent, there are a host of local experts who are keen to share their knowledge and passion. Whatever your passengers' interests, we can match them with a Guide; whether they want to learn more about local history, culture, architecture, art, food or drink.
So any visit to Kent is guaranteed to be extra special with a truly local experience.

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Leeds Castle Gardener Tour (35mins from Dover Cruise Terminal)
Find out what it takes to look after 500 acres of beautiful parkland surrounding Leeds Castle. One of the team of gardeners will take you on a tour of the traditional English cottage Culpeper Garden and the Mediterranean Lady Baillie Garden. Tours are planned according to the time of year and size of group. One hour and two hour tours available. Available in English only. Minimum 15 persons, maximum 25 persons.

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Canterbury Cathedral Stone Mason Tour
The people who work to conserve the Cathedral's fabric are highly skilled artists and crafts people. The Cathedral employs 17 stonemasons who work with great sensitivity to the building, exactly as their medieval predecessors did. Specialist tours to the stonemasons' workshop can be arranged for groups up to 15 people.

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Tom Hart Dyke for Lullingstone Castle World Garden
(1 hour by coach from Dover Cruise Terminal)
Tom Hart Dyke first shot to international prominence in the
year 2000, when he was kidnapped in the Panamanian jungle on a plant hunting expedition that went dangerously wrong. It was in the Columbian Jungle that the idea for The World Garden was born and once released from captivity, Tom started planting his ambitious project at his ancestral home Lullingstone Castle. Find out more about this amazing story and share Tom's passion for the UK's first ever World Garden of Plants.

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Winemaker Tour
(1 hour by coach from Dover Cruise Terminal)
Kent is leading the way in the renaissance of English wines. At the Chapel Down Vineyard there is a team of professional, talented people who share a vision of creatingWorld Class, interesting, distinctive and award-winning wines. During the tour your experienced guide will explain about the history of English Wine, the methods used in the vineyards and the reasons for the choice of grapes. The tour continues in the Winery where you will learn about the processes behind the production of still and sparkling wines. To complete the experience all GuidedTours include a tasting of a selection of award- winning wines.

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Blue Badge Guides
Awarded by the Institute ofTourist Guiding, the Blue Badge is the highest guiding qualification in Britain.
There are walking tours, coach sightseeing,
themed trails for individuals, couples, families or groups. Get more from your visit with an entertaining and informative Blue Badge tourist guide.

Kent Greeters
Kent Greeters offer you an exciting and rewarding experience through the eyes of a local volunteer who is passionate about their area of Kent and would like to share their knowledge and enthusiasm with visitors. A Greeter is not a tour guide but rather a welcoming friend who provides visitors from around the world with an insightful introduction to a new area. Meeting a Greeter is a rewarding experience for the individual traveller, group of friends or families (max 6 people per Greet) and the
service is completely FREE!

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